Somewhere a cardinal is smiling

Being green doesn’t only refer to revenue and profits in the business world, as more companies
work to become more environmentally friendly.

Dublin-based Cardinal Health is 9
th on Newsweek magazine’s 2014 list of the country’s greenest companies and is the
top-ranked local company.

The rankings were based on eight metrics, including energy, water and waste efficiency and a
company's commitment to sustainability. The study was conducted by Corporate Knights Capital for
the magazine.

More companies are making their greenhouse gas emissions and energy use public. There are two
reasons: pressure from investor groups and “the growing number of jurisdictions that require
environmental disclosure, which companies generally then adopt across their global operations,”
according to Newsweek.

Cardinal scored 71 percent on the survey.

The No. 1 company was Allergan at 85.1 percent.

L Brands was No. 285 (23.6 percent) and American Electric Power was No. 321 (17.5 percent).